NNW Bureau

After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams completed three missions aboard the International Space Station, setting numerous human spaceflight …

Sound and hearing studies as well as Earth observations kept the Expedition 74 trio busy on Wednesday. The International Space Station residents also worked on cargo transfers, downloaded radiation data, and kept up lab …

WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2026 — East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is at a crossroads, as a surge of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) threatens to overwhelm health systems and stall income …

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2026—“Frontier market” economies—a cluster of mostly middle-income economies regarded as the proving ground for the next generation of economic superstars—have largely failed to live up to their potential in recent decades, a new World Bank study has found. On average, …

Washington, DC: At the request of the Nepali authorities, an IMF Technical Assistance mission led by Jonathan Pampolina visited Kathmandu from January 12 to 21, 2026, to lay the groundwork for …

Speaking at the session Who Brokers Trust Now? at the World Economic Forum, Annalena Baerbock warned that multilateral institutions – long seen as the brokers of global trust – are under unprecedented strain as …

A Chilean police officer stationed at the border collaborated on the scheme, enabling the crime. Were it not for border guards, public officials and other entities who look the other …

The head of aid coordination office, OCHA, in the country, Paola Emerson, told reporters in Geneva that more than half a million people have been impacted by the floods, triggered by …

For decades, scientists, policymakers and the media warned of a “global water crisis,” implying temporary shock – followed by recovery.  What is now emerging in many regions, however, is a …

Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, one of the greatest Indian badminton players to ever grace the court, has confirmed her retirement from competitive sport after being out of action for nearly two years due …